The student, Stephanie Stewart, said she had to quit a class last year after a professor told her she wouldn't be allowed to miss any tests or assignments, even though she was pregnant and due to deliver the baby before the end of the semester.

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Kaplan's quarry is students like Jascob, who won't quit their jobs to attend class, but fit them in when they can.

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The point of Break Out, other than to force the uncommitted to panic and quit, is to simulate a chaotic environment, and teach the class how to remain focused and calm while relying on each other, despite the most miserable and stressful conditions.

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Epilogue: Less than a year after he quit in a huff, Bob Jr. was the CEO of ExecuCopters, and pops was teaching a class on running family businesses at the Stern School of Business.

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